~DISappearing PEEPS~Vol. IV Come Play With Us!!!!!

[ArielSRL]

Okay, I am a teacher and I went back to work last week so it has been hard to find the time to Dis. Also, lots of "bad" food provided by the principals and PTA last week, along with a visit from AF and no time to work out. But even with all that, I was -.4 on Friday weigh-in!

 

[LMO429]

Okay, I am a teacher and I went back to work last week so it has been hard to find the time to Dis. Also, lots of "bad" food provided by the principals and PTA last week, along with a visit from AF and no time to work out. But even with all that, I was -.4 on Friday weigh-in!

thank is great considering all the temptations at school

 

[ArielSRL]

thank is great considering all the temptations at school

Thanks. I was quite surprised! Not sure my luck will hold out this week though, as I haven't done the best with food that past few days b/c I have been so exhausted trying to get everything ready for the first day today. Probably going with easy (and sometimes not so healthy) the rest of the week, as well. Gonna do better next week, when things start settling down.

 

[LMO429]

Thanks. I was quite surprised! Not sure my luck will hold out this week though, as I haven't done the best with food that past few days b/c I have been so exhausted trying to get everything ready for the first day today. Probably going with easy (and sometimes not so healthy) the rest of the week, as well. Gonna do better next week, when things start settling down.

I think I read somewhere that its 80% diet and 20% working out.

I am trying to work out on the diet part I got the working out down

 

[LMO429]

Good Morning Peeps!

What are you tips for losing an "Alll or nothing attitude" when it comes to diet and exercise

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Peeping in.....

Hey guys.....Im officially rejoining! Thanks everyone for breathing a bit of life into this thread, I miss it!

So, exercise and dieting has been going pretty well. Ive stopped following WW as such, im more tracking what I eat and trying to stick to healthy foods, and more filling foods rather than rubbish junk food that you are hungry an hour after eating!

Im in a bit of a rut with the exercise, I need to find something that suits me. DH bought us both some running shoes, so im going to give running a go. Theres so many places near me that I can go and run and I haven't been taking advantage of this, so thats the long term plan.

Short term exercise has been the cross trainer, and every now and again an exercise dvd.

Once I get my bum into gear *hopefully* the rest will fall into place.

What I WILL be doing is checking in here every day. I may not weigh myself as at the minute Im concentrating on the exercise/getting more healthy aspect of it, and the weight loss will surely follow.

 

[Tinkabella]

Someone give me a hand....I am climbing back on this wagon !

I was one of Wendy's peeps way, way back. I have fallen back into my bad habits (too much white everything...flour, sugar..ya know.) and I am ready to jump on board.

I turn 40 in November and I want to be 20 pounds lighter. I have been walking 5K weekday mornings with a friend and come September I will start 5 mornings of Aerobics at our local community gym.

...the weather here in Montreal, Quebec has been HORRIBLE ! We usually have hot dry summers but all it has done this year is rain ! Very unmotivating.

Wendy: OMG...Thread-mama is back I was delighted to see your post ! I hope everything is going well...I was wondering what you and Misty have been up to. Both of you were in my prayers as I know the last 6 months must have been trying.

Little Bo Peep: Watch the anemia ! I had the same problem last year and had to take numerous iron injections. They made me super sick. Like you I thought the anemia was better. Hang in there, once you body is back on track you will feel a million times better.

Danielle: Is that Danielle I see ? I remember you from back on the original thread ! Nice to see you again.

Nancy: Your BL program sounds fantastic ! Very motivating. What are you eating ? Low carb/low fat ? Share your secrets girlfriend...

Disney Obsession: 20 pounds sounds like pretty numbers to me !

LMO: I'm with you...Lets get this party started !

Ariel: Nice to meet ya !

DisneyGalUK: Great idea (checking in often)...I am going to try an pop by everday as well.

Have a super skinny day everyone !


Kim

 

[LMO429]

Peeping in.....

Hey guys.....Im officially rejoining! Thanks everyone for breathing a bit of life into this thread, I miss it!

So, exercise and dieting has been going pretty well. Ive stopped following WW as such, im more tracking what I eat and trying to stick to healthy foods, and more filling foods rather than rubbish junk food that you are hungry an hour after eating!

Im in a bit of a rut with the exercise, I need to find something that suits me. DH bought us both some running shoes, so im going to give running a go. Theres so many places near me that I can go and run and I haven't been taking advantage of this, so thats the long term plan.

Short term exercise has been the cross trainer, and every now and again an exercise dvd.

Once I get my bum into gear *hopefully* the rest will fall into place.

What I WILL be doing is checking in here every day. I may not weigh myself as at the minute Im concentrating on the exercise/getting more healthy aspect of it, and the weight loss will surely follow.

if you are looking for a new form of exercise check this out! but beware it HARD but so rewarding Im on my second week of it!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do

 

[mousehouselover]

Hi all~

I've been so unpeepish lately. I've been a samer not sure how though........ I am watching what I eat, try to do well all day and stay OP for most of the week. Nights can be hard and weekends are the worst. This week is going to be a bust, we're going to the state fair and then we have a weekend in the Chicago area.

We still haven't heard much about our house. The listing went pending (meaning they have an offer and they aren't taking anymore.) We were the only offer so that's a good thing but we can't move forward until the seller's bank sends the paperwork back. It's been 6 weeks already. You'd think they'd decide quickly so they don't have to foreclose on another property.

I hope everyone is doing well!

 

[UtahMama]

EEEEK....My big long sweet post just poofed! I swear...all y'all who posted since I last posted on the 4th can assume I was spreading some peep love!

OK...now for the matter at hand:

Today....

Breakfast- Cottage cheese pancake (insanely delicious, I'll post the recipe. Trust me on it's deliciousness) with spray butter and "simply fruit" apricot spread. drinking a huge coffee to wake the heck up!

Lunch will be a green salad with chicken and goat cheese with a raspberry vinegrette. YUM.

snacks: string cheese and an apple and a greek yogurt with berries added.

dinner:


MUST rock the gym today! I cant make my birthday goal without HARD work!


Check out my idol and inspiration Tosca Reno's blogspot: http://eatcleandiet.blogspot.com/ !!!!!

 

[LMO429]

When is your B-Day Utah Mama?

I love the link you supplied! I really think eating clean is the key...Processed foods (like frozen diet dinners, diet sodas, shakes, 100 calorie snack packs) are just POISON in disguise!

I am trying myself to eliminate all processed foods and eating as clean as possible also.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Someone give me a hand....I am climbing back on this wagon !

Welcome back aboard! Im glad so many people are rejoining the thread - the more people that are here, the easier it is for me to stay accountable!

if you are looking for a new form of exercise check this out! but beware it HARD but so rewarding Im on my second week of it!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do

Wow, that looks insanely hard! BUT, I am looking for a new challenge with good rewards so I will definitely have a good read through the info on the website!
How have you found it? Are the results visible now you are into your second week?

We still haven't heard much about our house. The listing went pending (meaning they have an offer and they aren't taking anymore.) We were the only offer so that's a good thing but we can't move forward until the seller's bank sends the paperwork back. It's been 6 weeks already. You'd think they'd decide quickly so they don't have to foreclose on another property.

I hope everyone is doing well!

One of my work friends is currently buying a house and selling hers - I swear I have never seen someone so frazzled

Breakfast- Cottage cheese pancake (insanely delicious, I'll post the recipe. Trust me on it's deliciousness) with spray butter and "simply fruit" apricot spread. drinking a huge coffee to wake the heck up!

Hey Wendy!
Cottage Cheese Pancake? I'd love to see the recipe, ive never heard of it! Im always up for new food ideas!

 

[UtahMama]

Cottage Cheese Pancakes: (TRUST ME!!!!) *Great for higher protein diets*

In a blender put...

1 C. Cottage Cheese (I used fat free)
6 egg whites
1 C. oats
2T. skim milk
4 splenda packets

pulse and blend and cook just like regular pancakes.

I love these with fresh fruit. You can do spray butter and sugar free syrup or anything you like. Kids really like them too.

Way more filling than regular white flour versions.

 

[::Snow_White::]

Does anyon have any tips for eating out. Sometimes my family wants to go out and eat and we've been eating out much more lately. I really don't want to go because if we don't we'll save money and I can eat something healthy. But they still want to go and they won't leave me behind so I end up going and they make me eat something. I know it sounds crazy and eating out just eating the healthier options won't hurt, but I'm really trying to get back to the eating out twice a month like we used to do. Plus some of the healthier options at the resturants aren't healthy at all!

I don't want to ruin a lunch with family but I also don't want us to only do things together that involve food and doing it often. Nobody in the house is passionate about being healthy like I am so it makes it hard to deal with when it's kind of three against one.

TIA!

 

[LMO429]

Does anyon have any tips for eating out. Sometimes my family wants to go out and eat and we've been eating out much more lately. I really don't want to go because if we don't we'll save money and I can eat something healthy. But they still want to go and they won't leave me behind so I end up going and they make me eat something. I know it sounds crazy and eating out just eating the healthier options won't hurt, but I'm really trying to get back to the eating out twice a month like we used to do. Plus some of the healthier options at the resturants aren't healthy at all!

I don't want to ruin a lunch with family but I also don't want us to only do things together that involve food and doing it often. Nobody in the house is passionate about being healthy like I am so it makes it hard to deal with when it's kind of three against one.

TIA!

I think the weight watchers program would work best for you when you have to go out to eat. WW teaches you to eat the foods you want while having a life at the same time. You get bonus points and even more additional points from working out that can be used for when you eat out.

I have to admit I lost the most weight ever on weight watcher I really dont know why I stopped doing it when I think about it I was able to go out with my friends and enjoy life and not have to have the healthier option all the time.

the other thing that might work is eating a quarter or half of what they give you at the restaurant.

or the other thing I do is the following: you know when you are out to eat and you are full but you are still eating just because the waitor or waitress has yet to pick up your food well I make the food unedible. I throw water on it, pepper, sauces you know it anything that would be it to the point where I wouldnt eat it.

 

[mousehouselover]

One of my work friends is currently buying a house and selling hers - I swear I have never seen someone so frazzled

Thanks! DH summed it up pretty well this morning while he was talking to our agent. He said "Our life is on hold, we can't move forward until we have an answer about the house."

Kayla~ The things that a lot of people take for granted seem to be our biggest stumbling blocks. You'd think that eating to stay healthy would be second nature but there's something that seems to draw us to the very things we know will harm us in the long run. The worst thing we can do is to label things 'good' or 'bad' espeically when we really emjoy the things we label 'bad.' I agree with Lauren that WW may be your best option. If you go to www.dwlz.com there is a link for resteraunts where you will find the points calculations for the foods they serve. I have a few things memorized so I can make a decision on the fly. I wish I could figure out why some of us have such a strong attraction to sugary, high calorie or high fat foods. I'm sure if I could figure out the link, I'd be able to write a best seller, insipre a lifestyle revolution and make a fortune. This is a life long journey and we aren't going to find the answers or finish it in one day.

Everyone else~ I'm glad you took the time to check in with us.

I blew my day big time. I was doing fine until I got the email letting everyone know there were bagels in the breakroom. My breakfast had worn out and I ate a Fiber One bar and was doing fine but for some reason had to go get a half a bagel. And another half at lunch..... and a whole one at my evening break...... I didn't need any of them and would've made it through my day just fine but they were there and I didn't stop myself from getting more than I needed. I have no idea why I did this to myself.

 

[AnnNan]

Someone give me a hand....I am climbing back on this wagon !

I was one of Wendy's peeps way, way back. I have fallen back into my bad habits (too much white everything...flour, sugar..ya know.) and I am ready to jump on board.

I turn 40 in November and I want to be 20 pounds lighter. I have been walking 5K weekday mornings with a friend and come September I will start 5 mornings of Aerobics at our local community gym.

Nancy: Your BL program sounds fantastic ! Very motivating. What are you eating ? Low carb/low fat ? Share your secrets girlfriend...

Have a super skinny day everyone !


Kim

Hi, Kim, great to have you back. I'm a terrible person to ask about eating well! I tried making the smallest changes possible because it has to be changes I can live with permanently. Eating in definitely helps. I mostly drink water. I try not to eat foods with high fructose corn syrup (which is most everything! - I feel very sugar addicted, say more than caffeine when it comes to soft drinks - it feels easier to resist everything when I'm avoiding hfcs)

One of the things that I had not heard before was just as a really general guideline - if you look at the grams on the ingredient list of an item your protein should be 45%, carbs 35%, and fat the last 20% - obviously not perfect and leaves out some items but when I looked at what I was eating it was more like 60% carbs and I really have to work hard at it to get even close to that breakdown!

which leads to the question below...

Good Morning Peeps!

What are you tips for losing an "Alll or nothing attitude" when it comes to diet and exercise

sometimes better is way more important than perfect. If I get my carbs from 60% down to 50% I'm still way above the guideline but I'm far better than I was and have room for improvement. So I consider it an ongoing, absolutely forever battle. I have to at least pay attention and try to eat better - a little more fruit, a vegetable here & there (hate them!), less bread, more water!

And you can start over anytime - tomorrow (or this afternoon). Just because the day starts off badly doesn't mean it has to finish that way.

Just keep at it. I think some people (me included, in the past) have not seen the results they wanted just because they didn't persist. Maybe you were almost there and would have seen something, but you got down because nothing happened so you quit. Even maintaining is incredible. If we've been gaining for all these years and now we're not then that says to me we're making better choices or else we would still be gaining, and we just need to keep at it.

We can all do this!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Good Morning everyone!

Thanks! DH summed it up pretty well this morning while he was talking to our agent. He said "Our life is on hold, we can't move forward until we have an answer about the house."

I think she would whole-heartedly agree with this!

So, Im on my second litre of water which is good - not so good because Im at work and we have 27 steps to walk upstairs to go to the bathroom! Its all good exercise though!

Have a good day everyone

 

[::Snow_White::]

I think the weight watchers program would work best for you when you have to go out to eat. WW teaches you to eat the foods you want while having a life at the same time. You get bonus points and even more additional points from working out that can be used for when you eat out.

I have to admit I lost the most weight ever on weight watcher I really dont know why I stopped doing it when I think about it I was able to go out with my friends and enjoy life and not have to have the healthier option all the time.

the other thing that might work is eating a quarter or half of what they give you at the restaurant.

or the other thing I do is the following: you know when you are out to eat and you are full but you are still eating just because the waitor or waitress has yet to pick up your food well I make the food unedible. I throw water on it, pepper, sauces you know it anything that would be it to the point where I wouldnt eat it.

Thanks, I'll have to look into it. My grandma was on weightwatchers a few weeks ago and has a cookbook, maybe I can find some stuff that I can fix at home and find at resturants.

I really like that last idea! We go out to eat at buffets and I have this mentality that we pay for the buffet, I might as well eat all that I can without blowing up because we might not be back for awhile. Then I end up feeling horrible and wanting to go to bed afterwards.

Thanks! DH summed it up pretty well this morning while he was talking to our agent. He said "Our life is on hold, we can't move forward until we have an answer about the house."

Kayla~ The things that a lot of people take for granted seem to be our biggest stumbling blocks. You'd think that eating to stay healthy would be second nature but there's something that seems to draw us to the very things we know will harm us in the long run. The worst thing we can do is to label things 'good' or 'bad' espeically when we really emjoy the things we label 'bad.' I agree with Lauren that WW may be your best option. If you go to www.dwlz.com there is a link for resteraunts where you will find the points calculations for the foods they serve. I have a few things memorized so I can make a decision on the fly. I wish I could figure out why some of us have such a strong attraction to sugary, high calorie or high fat foods. I'm sure if I could figure out the link, I'd be able to write a best seller, insipre a lifestyle revolution and make a fortune. This is a life long journey and we aren't going to find the answers or finish it in one day.

Everyone else~ I'm glad you took the time to check in with us.

I blew my day big time. I was doing fine until I got the email letting everyone know there were bagels in the breakroom. My breakfast had worn out and I ate a Fiber One bar and was doing fine but for some reason had to go get a half a bagel. And another half at lunch..... and a whole one at my evening break...... I didn't need any of them and would've made it through my day just fine but they were there and I didn't stop myself from getting more than I needed. I have no idea why I did this to myself.

Thanks! I'll check that website out.

Another thing I'm really excited for is moving out where I can get rid of all the temptations. We have choclate and all this unhealthy food that's staring at me everyday but once I move out and I can control what's in my house and I know without it there, I can do it.

I understand the all or nothing mentality too. It happened to me yesterday, I ate tons of stuff for no reason and when the day was over I felt horrible but said "Today's already over, I might as well finish it off!" and found a chocolate chip ice cream sandwhich and ate it. I felt horrible about it this morning.

I also have a problem with eating too much of the healthy stuff. I could eat a whole can of nuts, or a box of whole wheat crackers if I wanted too. I end up getting many handfuls and just keep telling myself it's healthy so I can eat however much I want when I can't. I would do that with veggies but I don't seem to eat enough of those.

I've gotten a job recently and keep making up excuses that I will exercise while at work (Standing and running around. Just fast food) but in reality it's not exercise. After not exercising for a few days I just lose the drive and even though I know I'll feel better afterwards I can't get over the satisfaction of taking a shower and getting on the computer now. I'm much better at planning then acting on it. Every night I say I'll get up exercise and eat well and it never seems to happen just right.

The only thing I've really been able to stick to is giving up soda which I've been without since last June. That was pretty easy and I can't understand why I can't do that with healthy food or exercise. Being healthy can be frustrating. I'm trying really hard to work on my abs becasue I'm in a healthy weight range but most of my fat is on my stomach and I know that's bad for my heart.

Wow, long post. Sorry.

 

[LMO429]

Thanks! DH summed it up pretty well this morning while he was talking to our agent. He said "Our life is on hold, we can't move forward until we have an answer about the house."

Kayla~ The things that a lot of people take for granted seem to be our biggest stumbling blocks. You'd think that eating to stay healthy would be second nature but there's something that seems to draw us to the very things we know will harm us in the long run. The worst thing we can do is to label things 'good' or 'bad' espeically when we really emjoy the things we label 'bad.' I agree with Lauren that WW may be your best option. If you go to www.dwlz.com there is a link for resteraunts where you will find the points calculations for the foods they serve. I have a few things memorized so I can make a decision on the fly. I wish I could figure out why some of us have such a strong attraction to sugary, high calorie or high fat foods. I'm sure if I could figure out the link, I'd be able to write a best seller, insipre a lifestyle revolution and make a fortune. This is a life long journey and we aren't going to find the answers or finish it in one day.

Everyone else~ I'm glad you took the time to check in with us.

I blew my day big time. I was doing fine until I got the email letting everyone know there were bagels in the breakroom. My breakfast had worn out and I ate a Fiber One bar and was doing fine but for some reason had to go get a half a bagel. And another half at lunch..... and a whole one at my evening break...... I didn't need any of them and would've made it through my day just fine but they were there and I didn't stop myself from getting more than I needed. I have no idea why I did this to myself.

The dwlz site is great thanks.

See your situation with the bagel this is how my all or nothing attitude would come into play. if I would have had the half of bagel at lunch I then would tail spin into a binge. I am trying to hard to get rid of my all or nothing attitude I am "perfect" for days and then the second I mess up all hell breaks loss. I need to start telling myself over and over and over again once slip if not the end of the world its a lifestyle change and I am going to eat bad things here and there ..now saying it and applying it are 2 different things.

I know my 2 biggest problems
1. ALL OR NOTHING ATTITUDE
2. EMOTIONAL EATING ONLY WHEN IM BORED!!!!!!!!!!!

if I can work on these things in my head I think im home free.